The COMPASS experiment at CERN

P. Abbon, E. Albrecht, V. Yu Alexakhin, Yu Alexandrov, G. D. Alexeev, M. G. Alekseev, A. Amoroso, H. Angerer, V. A. Anosov, B. Badełek, F. Balestra, J. Ball, J. Barth, G. Baum, M. Becker, Y. Bedfer, P. Berglund, C. Bernet, R. Bertini, M. BettinelliR. Birsa, J. Bisplinghoff, P. Bordalo, M. Bosteels, F. Bradamante, A. Braem, A. Bravar, A. Bressan, G. Brona, E. Burtin, M. P. Bussa, V. N. Bytchkov, M. Chalifour, A. Chapiro, M. Chiosso, P. Ciliberti, A. Cicuttin, M. Colantoni, A. A. Colavita, S. Costa, M. L. Crespo, P. Cristaudo, T. Dafni, N. d'Hose, S. Dalla Torre, C. d'Ambrosio, S. Das, S. S. Dasgupta, E. Delagnes, R. De Masi, P. Deck, N. Dedek, D. Demchenko, O. Yu Denisov, L. Dhara, V. Diaz, N. Dibiase, A. M. Dinkelbach, A. V. Dolgopolov, A. Donati, S. V. Donskov, V. A. Dorofeev, N. Doshita, D. Durand, V. Duic, W. Dünnweber, A. Efremov, P. D. Eversheim, W. Eyrich, M. Faessler, V. Falaleev, P. Fauland, A. Ferrero, L. Ferrero, M. Finger, M. Finger, H. Fischer, C. Franco, J. Franz, F. Fratnik, J. M. Friedrich, V. Frolov, U. Fuchs, R. Garfagnini, L. Gatignon, F. Gautheron, O. P. Gavrichtchouk, S. Gerassimov, R. Geyer, J. M. Gheller, A. Giganon, M. Giorgi, B. Gobbo, S. Goertz, A. M. Gorin, F. Gougnaud, S. Grabmüller, O. A. Grajek, A. Grasso, B. Grube, A. Grünemaier, A. Guskov, F. Haas, R. Hagemann, J. Hannappel, D. von Harrach, T. Hasegawa, J. Heckmann, S. Hedicke, F. H. Heinsius, R. Hermann, C. Heß, F. Hinterberger, M. von Hodenberg, N. Horikawa, S. Horikawa, I. Horn, C. Ilgner, A. I. Ioukaev, S. Ishimoto, I. Ivanchin, O. Ivanov, T. Iwata, R. Jahn, A. Janata, R. Joosten, N. I. Jouravlev, E. Kabuß, V. Kalinnikov, D. Kang, F. Karstens, W. Kastaun, B. Ketzer, G. V. Khaustov, Yu A. Khokhlov, J. Kiefer, Yu Kisselev, F. Klein, K. Klimaszewski, S. Koblitz, J. H. Koivuniemi, V. N. Kolosov, E. V. Komissarov, K. Kondo, K. Königsmann, A. K. Konoplyannikov, I. Konorov, V. F. Konstantinov, A. S. Korentchenko, A. Korzenev, A. M. Kotzinian, N. A. Koutchinski, O. Kouznetsov, K. Kowalik, D. Kramer, N. P. Kravchuk, G. V. Krivokhizhin, Z. V. Kroumchtein, J. Kubart, R. Kuhn, V. Kukhtin, F. Kunne, K. Kurek, N. A. Kuzmin, M. Lamanna, J. M. Le Goff, M. Leberig, A. A. Lednev, A. Lehmann, V. Levinski, S. Levorato, V. I Lyashenko, J. Lichtenstadt, T. Liska, I. Ludwig, A. Maggiora, M. Maggiora, A. Magnon, G. K. Mallot, A. Mann, I. V. Manuilov, C. Marchand, J. Marroncle, A. Martin, J. Marzec, L. Masek, F. Massmann, T. Matsuda, D. Matthiä, A. N. Maximov, G. Menon, W. Meyer, A. Mielech, Yu V. Mikhailov, M. A. Moinester, F. Molinié, F. Mota, A. Mutter, T. Nagel, O. Nähle, J. Nassalski, S. Neliba, F. Nerling, D. Neyret, M. Niebuhr, T. Niinikoski, V. I. Nikolaenko, A. A. Nozdrin, A. G. Olshevsky, M. Ostrick, A. Padee, P. Pagano, S. Panebianco, B. Parsamyan, D. Panzieri, S. Paul, B. Pawlukiewicz, H. Pereira, D. V. Peshekhonov, V. D. Peshekhonov, D. Piedigrossi, G. Piragino, S. Platchkov, K. Platzer, J. Pochodzalla, J. Polak, V. A. Polyakov, G. Pontecorvo, A. A. Popov, J. Pretz, S. Procureur, C. Quintans, J. F. Rajotte, S. Ramos, I. Razaq, P. Rebourgeard, D. Reggiani, G. Reicherz, A. Richter, F. Robinet, E. Rocco, E. Rondio, L. Ropelewski, J. Y. Roussé, A. M. Rozhdestvensky, D. Ryabchikov, A. G. Samartsev, V. D. Samoylenko, A. Sandacz, M. Sans Merce, H. Santos, M. G. Sapozhnikov, F. Sauli, I. A. Savin, P. Schiavon, C. Schill, T. Schmidt, H. Schmitt, L. Schmitt, P. Schönmeier, W. Schroeder, D. Seeharsch, M. Seimetz, D. Setter, A. Shaligin, O. Yu Shevchenko, A. A. Shishkin, H. W. Siebert, L. Silva, F. Simon, L. Sinha, A. N. Sissakian, M. Slunecka, G. I. Smirnov, D. Sora, S. Sosio, F. Sozzi, A. Srnka, F. Stinzing, M. Stolarski, V. P. Sugonyaev, M. Sulc, R. Sulej, G. Tarte, N. Takabayashi, V. V. Tchalishev, S. Tessaro, F. Tessarotto, A. Teufel, D. Thers, L. G. Tkatchev, T. Toeda, V. V. Tokmenin, S. Trippel, J. Urban, R. Valbuena, G. Venugopal, M. Virius, N. V. Vlassov, A. Vossen, M. Wagner, R. Webb, E. Weise, Q. Weitzel, U. Wiedner, M. Wiesmann, R. Windmolders, S. Wirth, W. Wiślicki, H. Wollny, A. M. Zanetti, K. Zaremba, M. Zavertyaev, J. Zhao, R. Ziegler, M. Ziembicki, Y. L. Zlobin, A. Zvyagin

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Abstract

The COMPASS experiment makes use of the CERN SPS high-intensity muon and hadron beams for the investigation of the nucleon spin structure and the spectroscopy of hadrons. One or more outgoing particles are detected in coincidence with the incoming muon or hadron. A large polarised target inside a superconducting solenoid is used for the measurements with the muon beam. Outgoing particles are detected by a two-stage, large angle and large momentum range spectrometer. The setup is built using several types of tracking detectors, according to the expected incident rate, required space resolution and the solid angle to be covered. Particle identification is achieved using a RICH counter and both hadron and electromagnetic calorimeters. The setup has been successfully operated from 2002 onwards using a muon beam. Data with a hadron beam were also collected in 2004. This article describes the main features and performances of the spectrometer in 2004; a short summary of the 2006 upgrade is also given.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)455-518
Number of pages64
JournalNuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Volume577
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 11 2007
Externally publishedYes

Funding

We acknowledge support from MEYS (Czech Republic), CEA (France), BMBF and Maier-Leibnitz-Laboratorium (Germany), ISF (Israel), INFN and MIUR (Italy), MECSST, Daiko Foundation and Yamada Science Foundation (Japan), DST-FIST and SBET (India), MNII research funds for 2005–2007 and KBN (Poland), FCT (Portugal), Presidential grant NSh 5911.2006.2 (Russian Federation) and from the European Community-Research Infrastructure Activity under the FP6 “Structuring the European Research Area” programme Hadron Physics (contract number RII3-CT-2004-506078).

Keywords

  • Calorimetry
  • DAQ
  • Drift chamber
  • Fixed-target experiment
  • Front-end electronics
  • GEM detector
  • Hadron structure
  • MWPC
  • Micromegas detector
  • Polarised DIS
  • Polarised target
  • RICH detector
  • Scintillating fibre detector
  • Silicon microstrip detector
  • Straw tube detector

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